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Originally Posted by bandwagonjumper
What does it say about Missouri when Kansas sucked so hard and its still only 50 - 50 split?  |
It says: It's a rivalry game. It also is the second most-played series in college football. Both teams spent the start of the modern era being awful, which hurts the perception overall. That is also the only measure you can use that makes them look anything like even. Missouri dominates the other measures (Bowl Appearances, major bowl appearances, conference titles, division titles, bowl wins, winning percentage).
Kansas obviously got the better end of the basketball series, but let me know when another Big 12 has as many wins against Kansas as Missouri does. Should only take KSU about another decade to get the 4 wins it needs to tie Missouri for wins against Kansas.
Missouri might not be a program on equal footing with Kansas all-time, but it has had more success against the Jayhawks than other former or current Big 8/12 program. And during Norm Stewart's coaching career, the series WAS nearly even (he was 30-34 in the regular season against KU).
It's fading a bit now, for many of the more casual fans, because they aren't playing. Time will tell how the hate survives... but only revisionist history can claim it was not a rivalry.